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What Are Pre-Orientation Programs?

BestColleges

College pre-orientation programs help incoming first-year students adjust to campus life. Pre-orientation programs are voluntary and occur the summer before a student's first fall semester. Types of pre-orientation programs include those that help students with mental health challenges.

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Tips for Remote Campus Visits

ACM College Consulting

Often, even if a student does have the opportunity to tour colleges, they don’t have the time or financial resources to visit all of the schools on their college list. Sometimes, the first time they set foot on campus is when they arrive for freshman orientation.

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Welcome to Summer Learn and Earn Students

#LetsBFRANK: The College Admissions Blog

Franklin Cummings Tech welcomed more than 100 Boston high school students to campus this week for an Orientation session to kick off the third annual Summer Learn and Earn program, a unique opportunity for high school juniors and seniors to earn money while taking college-level courses.

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Fostering College Success: Family Privilege Eludes Students Aged Out of System

BestColleges

Similarly, many colleges have a parents orientation prior to a student's first semester. Some schools will hold this orientation concurrently with a student's orientation, forcing SEFC to choose which one they plan to attend, she said. These things continue to pile on," Hoffman-Cooper said.

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Your diverse campus should be your ‘Camelot’

Educated Quest

With few exceptions, such as intercollegiate athletics, students run student activities on campus. A diverse campus is diverse in more ways than you may realize. Yes, a diverse campus would have students, men and women, of different ancestries, races, orientations and faiths.

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How To Design and Implement an Effective Student Ambassador Program in Higher Education

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

Ambassadors are actively involved in the orientation process, event planning, leadership, and student support. Once selected, student ambassadors should represent the university at various events on and off campus. They might also lead campus tours and share personal experiences with prospective students and visitors.

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Student Ambassador Program: Exploring Benefits and Strategies for Your School

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

These student ambassadors can contribute to your marketing strategy across various touch points and channels—including posting social media posts, writing blogs, hosting campus tours, and assisting with fairs and fundraising events.